ҫу

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "su"

Chuvash

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yāg (“oil, butter, fat”).

Cognate with Khalaj yâğ, Turkish yağ, Uzbek yoʻg and Yakut сыа (sıa).

Noun

ҫу or ҫӑв • (śu or śăv)

  1. oil, butter, fat
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yāy (“summer”).

Cognate with Azerbaijani yay, Bashkir йәй (yəy) and Yakut сайын (sayın).

Noun

ҫу or ҫӑв • (śu or śăv)

  1. summer
Derived terms
See also
Seasons in Chuvash · сезонсем (sezons̬em) (layout · text) · category
ҫур (śur, “spring”) ҫу (śu), ҫулла (śulla, “summer”) кӗр (kĕr, “autumn”) хӗл (hĕl, “winter”)

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yū- (“to wash”).

Cognate with Khalaj yûmaq, Turkish yumak, Uzbek yuvmoq, Bashkir йыуыу (yıwıw) and Yakut сууй (suuy).

Verb

ҫу or ҫӑв • (śu or śăv)

  1. (transitive) to wash

Etymology 4

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yag-.

Cognate with Khalaj yağmaq, Turkish yağmak, Uzbek yogʻmoq, Bashkir яуыу (yawıw) and Tuvan чаар (çaar).

Verb

ҫу • (śu)

  1. (intransitive) to rain
Derived terms

References

  • Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “ҫу”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume II, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, pages 127-129
  • Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “ҫу”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, pages 215-216

Further reading

  • “ҫу”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎ (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
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